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Claude is the fastest-growing tool the month it was flagged

development2026-03-09

Claim

Claude was the fastest-growing generative AI tool by web visits in February at 43% month-over-month growth, the same month the Department of War flagged Anthropic as a supply chain risk.

Reported metric: +43%

Reporting date: 2026-03-09 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to March 9, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to March 9, 2026

Actor

Anthropic

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Declining work becomes a competitive position

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Uninstalls surge 295% after the Pentagon deal

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Claude is the fastest-growing tool the month it was flagged
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-03-09
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-09-claude-fastest-growing-after-the-blacklist
Claim: Claude was the fastest-growing generative AI tool by web visits in February at 43% month-over-month growth, the same month the Department of War flagged Anthropic as a supply chain risk.
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- Welcome to March 9, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-9-2026
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